Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 30
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Pupil/teacher ratio | Expenditures per student
-------------------------------| in average daily attendance
Elementary |--------------------------------------
Fall and Elementary Secondary| School Current 1994-95
secondary | year dollars constant
| dollars
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1955 .... 26.9 30.2 20.9 | 1955-56 .... $294 $1,697
1960 .... 25.8 28.4 21.7 | 1960-61 .... --- ---
1965 .... 24.7 27.6 20.8 | 1965-66 .... 538 2,616
1970 .... 22.3 24.4 19.9 | 1970-71 .... 911 3,558
1975 .... 20.4 21.7 18.8 | 1975-76 .... 1,504 4,208
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1980 .... 18.7 20.3 16.8 | 1980-81 .... 2,502 4,481
1981 .... 18.8 20.3 16.9 | 1981-82 .... 2,726 4,494
1982 .... 18.7 20.2 16.6 | 1982-83 .... 2,955 4,671
1983 .... 18.5 19.9 16.4 | 1983-84 .... 3,173 4,837
1984 .... 18.1 19.7 16.1 | 1984-85 .... 3,470 5,090
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1985 .... 17.9 19.5 15.8 | 1985-86 .... 3,756 5,355
1986 .... 17.7 19.3 15.7 | 1986-87 .... 3,970 5,537
1987 .... 17.6 19.3 15.2 | 1987-88 .... 4,240 5,679
1988 .... 17.3 19.0 14.9 | 1988-89 .... 4,645 5,946
1989 .... 17.2 19.0 14.6 | 1989-90 ... 4,972 6,075
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1990 .... 17.2 19.0 14.6 | 1990-91 .... 5,258 6,091
1991 .... 17.3 19.0 14.7 | 1991-92 .... 5,421 6,085
1992 .... 17.4 18.9 15.1 | 1992-93 .... 5,594 6,089
1993 .... 17.4 18.8 15.2 | 1993-94\1\ . 5,903 6,264
1994\1\ . 17.3 19.0 14.9 | 1994-95\1\ . 6,084 6,276
1995\2\ . 17.4 19.1 14.9 | 1995-96\2\ . 6,300 6,300
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-Data not available.
/1/ Estimated.
/2/ Projected.
NOTE: Elementary includes nursery school and kindergarten teachers and students. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1995.
[Indicator 29. Dropouts]
[Indicator 31. Computer Use by Students]
